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PARTING  FROM  HER  HUSBAND! 


Here  is  thy  trusty  blade  ! 
Take  it,  and  wield  it  in  a  glorious  cause  ; 
Defend  our  firesides,  battle  for  the  laws 

Which  our  forefathers  made  ; 
And  stay,  that  on  thy  breast  my  hand 

May  place  the  blue  cockade  ! 

Go  forth  to  conquer  ;  where 
The  battle  rages  fiercest  thou  wilt  be, 
And  I  will  glory  that  my  Love  is  there 

Struggling  for  Liberty. 

Haste  to  the  battle  field  ! 
Thy  country  calls  thee  to  the  deadly  fight — 
Go  forth  undaunted  in  thy  manhood's  might, 

Thy  noble  cause  thy  shield  ; 
And  if  thou  fallest — hush,  heart,  thine  agony — 

God  will  defend  the  right ! 

Where  the  Palmetto  waves 
O'er  manly  hearts  that  struggle  to  b3  free, 
That  bid  defiance  bold  to  Tyranny  ; 

Where  hospitable  graves 
Are  widely  yawning  for  the  reckless  foe, 
My  lip  can  bid  thee,  best  beloved,  go  ! 
What  if  thou  fallest  ?  my  heart  will  throb  to  know 

He  died,  0  South,  for  thee  ! 


CcmC 


Hollinger  Corp. 
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